A unbelievable finish to last night's big hockey game led to wild times in Dinkytown.

In the Frozen Four semifinal, the Gophers men's hockey team bested archrival North Dakota by scoring a game-winning shorthanded goal with less than a second on the clock. Though the Gophers face Union College Saturday in the final, students took to the streets for a championship-caliber riot.

Here's one of students chanting, "F**** the Sioux!" (also featuring a unique crowd-surfing selfie):

Finally, here's one of students kicking and jumping on a police squad car:

Minneapolis Police Department spokesman John Elder tells us there were "less than a dozen arrests" connected with the rioting last night.

Elder says the MPD wasn't caught off guard by the craziness in Dinkytown, which resulted in damage to at least one police squad car. With regard to Saturday night's championship game, he says the MPD plans to have "the appropriate number of resources and contingency plans for anything that can come our way."

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The U of M and the city should prepare for the jubilation . . . PLAN a supervised party. Close the streets, remove the cars have a bonfire, BANDS!! Channel this energy into a celebration, instead of a riot. We should have food trucks, t-shirt vendors, face painting . . . this could be a revenue generator and a tourist attraction for hockey fans! a benefit for hotels, bars restaurants. ETC. Instead it's an embarrassment. We should demand better from our city leadership. Look at how they bend over for pro-sports events. Why shouldn't our college teams expect the same? This is a wasted opportunity by the leadership. Lets stop blaming the students and demand more from the paid public servants.

How dumb. If you all got so excited over something real that can change the world we all could be living differently...but no...keep drinking your beer and riot over a game yelling some bs,,.this is the future huh?

Just bring over a fire truck and hose 'em down and sober them up. A shame when a few spoil it for the entire university. Police should have anticipated this. Heck they partied on State street in Madison last week after the Badgers lost thier basketbal game.

Last time we won the championship they flipped cars and set fires and tear gas was used. Any given night there are a few people that do stupid things. The majority of the Gopher fans weren't involved. This was the big game though due to the change in conferences and not playing UND regularly anymore.

Less than six arrests. The police expected this. Most Minnesota fans don't damage property over a win. Those responsible should be arrested, jailed & in some cases expelled. Uncalled for behavior.
Go Minnesota!!